The Sun (Al-Shams)
In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
By the sun and its noon-time brightness, 1 And by oath of the moon when it follows the sun 2 And [by] the day when it displays it 3 and by the night when it enshrouds him! 4 and by the sky and by Him Who made it; 5 By the Earth and its (wide) expanse: 6 by the soul and how He formed it, 7 and inspired it with its sin and its piety, 8 prosperous is he who purified it, 9 And he is indeed a failure who stunteth it. 10 TO [THIS] TRUTH gave the lie, in their overweening arrogance, [the tribe of] Thamud, 11 What time the greatest wretch of them rose up. 12 although God's apostle had told them, "It is a she-camel belonging to God, so let her drink [and do her no harm]!" 13 However, they rejected him and slew her. So their Lord completely destroyed them and their city for their sins. 14 God is not afraid of the result of what He had decreed. 15